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As One Writer Grapples with Her Disability, She Rediscovers Passion, Peace and Contentment

Success

I used to read stories to my Cabbage Patch dolls and imagine myself a famous writer, taking calls on a blue plastic phone from imaginary clients commissioning me to pen an essay for them. Early on in my training as an educator, I spent a few months at Green Hill School, a juvenile correctional facility in Washington state.

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

Office Dynamics

Again, if you don’t have access to training at your workplace- take a class. As we move away from the more typical administrative tasks that can be done by our supervisors via mobile phone network - we need to have an additional skill up our sleeve that cannot be accomplished or processed (yet) by mobile phone.

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

Office Dynamics

Again, if you don’t have access to training at your workplace- take a class. As we move away from the more typical administrative tasks that can be done by our supervisors via mobile phone network - we need to have an additional skill up our sleeve that cannot be accomplished or processed (yet) by mobile phone.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

She started her first company, PandoMedia, an investigative journalism site covering the technology industry, in 2011 when she was on maternity leave from her job as senior editor at TechCrunch. You cannot tell a 2-year-old you’re going to fire him if he doesn’t get potty trained.”

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email.

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Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the.

Stephanie LH Calahan

January 20, 2011 2:00 PM CST (12:00 PM PST- 1:00 PM  MT- 3:00 PM EST) For 60 Minutes Learn how to battle the top time-stealers and take control of your office once-and-for-all with expert advice from productivity consultant and coach Stephanie LH Calahan Mark Your Calendar and Sign Up Today!

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5 Ways To Combat Stress At Work

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Aside from the actual work that you need to accomplish, you also have other responsibilities to look after – meetings to attend, emails to respond to, phone and in-person conversations you need to engage in, and so much others. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal.

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